Wen Mother turned to Wen Zhenghua in horror:
"What did you say? The entire Wen family will go to the grave with us? Zhenghua, don't frighten your mother!"
"Mother, I'm not trying to frighten you!
Zhang Fangfang was the most innocent person in all of this. After what you did to her, shouldn't she hate you?
Mother, if someone did those things to you, wouldn't you hate them?"
Wen Mother thought about it. If she had endured what Zhang Fangfang had, she would probably have thrown caution to the wind and taken them down with her...
At that thought, Wen Mother shuddered and fell silent.
Wen Zhenghua stopped looking at Wen Father and Wen Mother. Staring straight ahead, he said:
"Will you tell me now? Don't hide anything!"
Things had already come to this, so there was no point hiding anything anymore. Wen Father recounted the whole story from beginning to end.
After hearing the full account, Wen Zhenghua found it was much the same as what the Imperial Shadow Guards had told him.
Wen Zhenghua stared blankly ahead and said:
"Father, Mother, His Majesty already knows about this, and he has ordered me to handle it personally. Tell me, what should I do?"
Wen Mother asked anxiously:
"Zhenghua, what do you intend to do?"
"I don't know. That's why I'm asking you!"
"Will you let us off?"
"No matter what, you're still my parents!"
"If you let us off, will His Majesty punish you?"
"I've thought it through. At worst, I'll give up my official post. I'll fight to my last breath to save your lives!
If His Majesty still refuses to spare you, I'll accompany you both to the Yellow Springs."
Wen Father and Mother’s faces changed drastically at those words. They had never imagined matters were so